Enno Poppe: Prozession
Ensemble Nikel (chamber ensemble), Ensemble Musikfabrik (chamber ensemble), Enno Poppe
A fine introduction to the composer, the disc shows Poppe’s music as pan-European in style, mixing German formal nous with Franco-Italian luscious colouristic beauty.
Enno Poppe: Prozession
Ensemble Nikel (chamber ensemble), Ensemble Musikfabrik (chamber ensemble), Enno Poppe
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A fine introduction to the composer, the disc shows Poppe’s music as pan-European in style, mixing German formal nous with Franco-Italian luscious colouristic beauty.
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The new album with works by Enno Poppe joins a series of its own on WERGO, the albums of which are dedicated to the composer born in 1969, who has steadily developed into a permanent fixture among German composers of international renown. The two first recordings are once again ensemble pieces, performed by two new music formations closely associated with the composer: Ensemble Musikfabrik and Ensemble Nikel, a quartet of saxophone, electric guitar, percussion and piano. In the three-movement piece 'Fleisch', the 'sounds' and playing gestures of pop and rock music are evoked, and microtonal effects are savoured with Moog synthesiser sounds, for which Enno Poppe has a soft spot. Enno Poppe wrote the rhythmically concise piece 'Prozession' for the Ensemble Musikfabrik. For almost an hour, the work leads through various instrumental combinations along a continuous chain of differentiated rhythmic impulses of a large percussion section in an astonishingly entertaining manner, only to mysteriously dissolve into natural sounds at the end.
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August 2023
A fine introduction to the composer, the disc shows Poppe’s music as pan-European in style, mixing German formal nous with Franco-Italian luscious colouristic beauty.